Mikvah Puns

I've heard rumors of a super fancy one with like heated mikvaot and heated towels and its basically a spa, but I don't know which one it is. Or just one that isn't totally disgusting would be nice. I need one in a couple weeks before /u/koshersoupandcookies and I get married so

A good friend suddenly died, and i opened my siddur looking for the proper words to say. I found a section about funeral rites followed by Mishnah study to honor the deceased.. it's basically about how to fill up a mikvah. Now, far be it from me to question the wisdom of our sages, but what the heck is this all about? It's not exactly comforting and doesn't feel especially relevant.

What am I missing?

i'm lucky to live (RP:FH:KGH:KG) between maybe a dozen "mikvah"

but only one (on Vleigh) has a keilim mikvah that is actually particle.

Hello,

My rabbi messaged me a couple days ago and said it is soon time to set up my mikvah appointment. He wanted to make sure it was okay if we could schedule it with two other Jews-by-choice and of course I was okay with that. With that, I do not know exactly when it will be but its coming up soon. I am very excited though. I thought it might come later than sooner since I took a class through URJ and my rabbi wanted to make sure the local jewish school director thought that class was sufficient and he said that it was.

I am very excited and happy! I am also a little nervous. I will be the only Jew in a family of mormons and the only Jew in my friend group who are also mostly mormon. Do you have any advice for me?

Thanks!

I'm thinking about creating the opportunity to immerse in a lake before the holidays this year and am wondering if any other women make a habit of it or have gone in the past. It always sounds like such a great experience when the men go to the mikvah, in a body of water or a constructed mikvah, and I want that experience for myself.

If you have- any thoughts/recs? Seems like I don't need to remove nail polish or anything since no bracha is required. Anything I should avoid doing between immersing and RH? I don't need a witness, right? Can I use this opportunity to pray for anything like a refuah shelemah or similar? Thanks!

In preparation for Yom Kippur, I scheduled a time early this morning to use the mikvah. I schlepped the 1.5 miles on my bike up and down some brutal hills to get to the mikvah, and when I arrived, I was greeted by the rabbi who just finished leading shacharit. He unlocked the door for the mivah, telling me to lock up when I’m done.

While immersing, I took some time to chat with G-d, confessing that I know I did a subpar job of performing mitzvot this past year. My father died a little over a year ago, and since then, I’ve been depressed but also committed to leading a more observant life; however, I’ve been pretty lax in davening, studying Torah, and keeping Shabbat. I asked G-d for the strength to lead a more observant life and perform more mitzvot, with the understanding that I definitely don’t deserve any leniency but asking for it nonetheless.

So I finished up, hopped on my bike, and started the grueling schlep back home with what seemed like twice as many hills. It was at the top of the last hill when I was convinced I was going to drop dead on the pavement from a heart attack when I heard someone calling behind me. I turned around and there was the rabbi, also on his way home. He invited me to start davening shacharit with the rest of the group because they were always struggling to find a tenth man.

So now I’m back home drenched in sweat, my legs feeling like jelly and my lungs on fire, realizing I just signed up to schlep up and down those same hills to and from shul every morning. When I asked G-d for strength, this is not what I had in mind.

We wash our hands before entering the shiva home to rid ourselves of the impurity of being in front of a corpse, but why don't we need to go to the mikvah, other than just the reasons of logistics? What is different from this impurity over, say, niddah?

What have people who follow Niddah rules and go to the mikvah once a month do during lockdown and pandemic in general? I know in USA and around the world things have changed and more places are open? In Canada here I’m not even sure what the mikvah rules have been. I am curious if they have been running this whole time, if things have changes and experiences etc??? Thanks!!

I grew up frum. Went to a Beis Yaakov type school. I married a nice Modern Orthodox guy. Had some babies. It’s been about two years since I stopped believing in God and this religion got really silly to me. My husband knows and he is really supportive of me. He is frum but pretty chill about most stuff. We live in a yeshivish community (plans to move soon to a more modern neighborhood) and are shomer shabbos and keep most of the outwarly obvious mitzvot. Im fine with shabbos (its pretty nice and chill). I’m fine with kosher. I now dress however I want; pants and short sleeves. Scandal! But the one thing that makes me crazy is Mikvah. I cant stop going and still be married to a frum guy. Im not prepared to breakup a good marriage over something like this. But mikvah makes me so angry. It feels like it was designed to keep women pregnant. It makes me feel ashamed of my body. I hate getting my period. I hate having a random rebbetzin watching me dunk naked in a pool and telling me that my dunking is “kosher.” The whole process feels gross to me and makes me feel terrible. And the fact that you have no choice as a woman not to do it is so degrading. If you want to be married and have kids you have to do this. Its gross. I love my husband and we are committed to making this work. Mikvah is a real challenge for me though.

I have a close friend who works at a local Jewish organization. She called me and asked if I would be willing to immerse in the mikvah since i am in my 9th month of pregnancy. She said there is a woman who is struggling to conceive and would like to immerse after a woman in the 9th month. Supposedly this is a custom for women who are struggling with infertility. I’ve never heard of this. In fact, I didn’t even know pregnant women go to the mikvah! Any sources or info about this custom? Thanks!

I was talking to someone about halacha of space travel the other day and we covered a lot of the standard issues: when to celebrate shabbat and chagim, how to keep kosher, etc.

But then something occurred to me: could you use a mikvah during space travel, or on another planet? Particularly on a space ship, you'd presumably not be able to - even if there's artificial gravity, it would basically just be a glorified pool or shower.

So this would particularly be a problem for married couples traveling together, right?

I've been interested in visiting/using a mikvah as I've never really experienced it but all of the mikvahs in my area seem to be for women only. What's the deal?

I’ve had this tattoo for 5 years, I did it far before I got introduced to Judaism and decided to convert.

I’ve been studying hard, putting a lot of effort in my Hebrew and enjoying all the lovely traditions. I am aware Reform Judaism is flexible in many aspects, but I am worried I will not be allowed to complete my conversion because of it.

I don’t know if this matters, but the tattoo is quite small (about 3cm in diameter) and on my side. You would never see it unless I’m in a bikini, or in this case, naked. It’s only symbolic of my family, so nothing offensive.

Hi, Folks, I have a question, if someone wouldn’t mind enlightening me.

I was in a Hasidic neighborhood (Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY) last week waiting for a bus. There was a gap in a brick wall with a sign for the Mikvah with a plastic grocery basket next to it. As I watched, a woman pulled up in her car, used the basket to immerse something in the mikvah, retrieved the item, got back into her car and left.

What would she have been immersing? I’m familiar with the use of the mikvah as part of the family purity rules (hope that’s the right terminology. If not, I mean no offense). But I didn’t know it was used for objects too.

Thanks for any enlightenment!

This is a pretty specific request for advice. I am writing my bachelor's thesis in film, with a Jungian perspective, and am looking for film suggestions in which a Jewish character either goes for a swim, attends mikvah or has a shower or similar (submersion film trope) and is emotionally transformed at the end of the film (or even better, not at all). Already seen the series Unorthodox. Also, as I am not able to read Hebrew, any advice on where to read a good academically accepted source on how one achieves redemption according to the Jewish faith would be very much appreciated. I know this is a very open question, but keep in mind it's only for a bachelor thesis - and thanks again for any suggestion!

I was finally able to have my Mikvah immersion today! It was such a powerful spiritual experience. Stupid virus pushed it back of course even though I had my Beit Dein in June, but pikuach nefesh.

I am wondering how Jewish women are managing their mikvah rituals in this pandemic because mikvahs nearby are closed.

Does anyone have any idea about it?

Hi I like going to the mikvah once a month, but, my marriage isn’t recognized by the people that run the mikvah near me, so I have to go to the one in SF and it’s far and expensive (I live in the east bay). So, I can go to the bay, there’s a beach in Alameda, but I don’t want to go by myself at night.

I’ll come with you at your time, if you come with me. I’m also willing to go on Fridays before Shabbat, if that’s when you like to go.

לתשומת לב ציבור הנשים בעיר,
בעקבות התפשטות נגיף הקורונה וההנחיות של משרד הבריאות החליטה העירייה, בהתייעצות עם רבני העיר, ומתוך דאגה לבריאות התושבות, כי המקוואות לא ייפתחו בזמן הקרוב למעט מקווה אחד בעיר, שיהיה תורן ויאפשר כניסה לכלות לפני חתונתן בדחיפות ראשונה, ולנשים נוספות בדחיפות שניה.

Attention the women's public in the city,
Due to the spread of the virus virus and the office of the ministry of health, the municipality has decided, in consultation with the city's rabbis, and out of concern for health and residency, because the mikvahs will not open in a while except for one hope in the city, that will be mast and allow the entrance to brides

Wow! This is huge...

It's been a good couple of years of study and attending synagogue services. I went through the Hatafat Dam Brit ceremony, and now I face the Beit Din and Mikvah today to complete my conversion. I'm very happy for this moment to finally arrive! Sh'ma Israel!

However you spell that holy water bath thingy. This may be a silly question, so forgive me. I was adopted into a conservative Jewish family when I was very young. I came from a Catholic family. I had to be put in the mikveh (I guess to get the catholic out of me?). I’ve been a bit angry about this throughout my life that I didn’t get to choose to do this when I was older. I was wondering if there is any way to undo this? I’ve been told that once you’ve been put in the mikvah you’re basically considered Jewish for life. I’m sorry if this seems silly since the obvious answer to me would me well, just ignore it. Perhaps it’s just psychological and I’m upset that religion can be bestowed upon you as a child. Thank you for reading this.

... to complete my conversion! Though there is so much left to learn and do in my life, so I can't call it completed. There will always be more to explore.

Still, it was a big day. I don't really like going around telling people about it because I don't like being the center of attention that way, but I hoped by putting it here I could share my excitement without feeling sheepish about it.

What are the primary precursors to Christian baptism? Are they God's historical acts in creation and redemption (Creation, Flood, Exodus)? Levitical purification rites as prescribed in the Penteteuch? Circumcision? The inter-testamental practice of mikvah? Some combination of all of these? Something else?

So tomorrow I am speaking to my rabbi about setting up the Beit Din and going to the mikvah for my conversion. I'm nervous. What should I expect? Has anyone been to the mikvah in the Quad Cities before?

Thanks!